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Performance

· 14 checks — Lighthouse + waterfall + sustainability rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
95
GRADE
A
FIX
1
REVIEW
2
PASS
10
INFO
1

Performance-focused optimization plan with CWV assessment, top offenders, and time estimates

Mobile Desktop
99
Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
78
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
81
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
92
SEO Measures basic SEO optimizations: meta tags, crawlability, link text, and mobile friendliness.

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

719 ms

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

755 ms

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

0 ms

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.002

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

1.02 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

755 ms

Page Load Progression

375 ms
750 ms
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.2 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Checks
14
10 PASS 2 REVIEW 1 FIX
F
HTTP Caching
Action
No cache headers
FIX
No cache headers
Warning::
No Cache-Control header found
Browsers will use heuristic caching, which can be unpredictable. Set explicit cache headers.

No Cache-Control header

Adding a Cache-Control header can significantly improve repeat-visit performance.

B
Image Optimization
3 images, 0 KB saveable
REVIEW
3 images, 0 KB saveable
Warning::
https://intensedebate.com/images/svg/intensedebate... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift
Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
Warning::
https://intensedebate.com/images/screenshots/inten... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift
Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
Warning::
https://intensedebate.com/images/svg/automattic-lo... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift
Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
3 images 98 KB
0 oversized -0 KB
3 legacy format
3 missing dimensions CLS risk

Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

Why this matters

Image without explicit width/height — browser can't reserve space; CLS jumps when image loads.

Source: web.dev / Core Web Vitals

Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

Why this matters

Image without explicit width/height — browser can't reserve space; CLS jumps when image loads.

Source: web.dev / Core Web Vitals

Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

Why this matters

Image without explicit width/height — browser can't reserve space; CLS jumps when image loads.

Source: web.dev / Core Web Vitals

C
Green Hosting
Action
Whether the site is served from green-energy infrastructure
REVIEW

Green Hosting

No green hosting detected

A+
Page Weight Budget
258 KB transferred, 19 requests
PASS
258 KB transferred, 19 requests
Info::
Page weighs 591 KB (258 KB transferred)
Info::
19 HTTP requests
Info::
Estimated 0.05 g CO2 per page load
258 KB / 2.4 MB budget
258 KB transferred
19 requests
0.05 g CO2 per page load
JavaScript 99.6 KiB 39%
Images 98.2 KiB 38%
Fonts 33.2 KiB 13%
CSS 21.5 KiB 8%
HTML 3.8 KiB 1%
Other 1.0 KiB 0%
Other 520 B 0%
0 2.4 MB 4.9 MB
Under budget
A
Third-Party Impact
23% third-party, 0 ms blocking
PASS
23% third-party, 0 ms blocking
Info::
Third-party code accounts for 23% of page weight (59.4 KiB of 257.9 KiB)
Info::
Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)
77%
23%
First-party Third-party
A+
Text Compression
All text resources are compressed
PASS
All text resources are compressed
Info::
All text resources are compressed
All text resources are properly compressed.
A+
JS Execution Cost
No JS execution data
PASS
No JS execution data
Info::
No significant JS execution detected

Main Thread Breakdown

Other 36% Script Evaluation 26% Style & Layout 24% Script Parsing & Compilation 7% Parse HTML & CSS 3% Rendering 3%
A+
Font Loading
1 fonts (33 KB)
PASS
1 fonts (33 KB)
Info::
1 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

Web fonts

1

33 KB total

Render-blocking

0

of 1

Dominant font-display

swap

Most common across fonts

Font loading timeline
Transfer FOIT (block) FOUT (swap)
0 ms 500 ms 1.0 s FCP 719 ms LCP 755 mshttps://s1.wp.com/i/fonts/recoleta/400.woff2400.woff2 https://s1.wp.com/i/fonts/recoleta/400.woff2 — 33.2 KiB — 7 ms — font-display: swap
400.woff2 woff2 swap
Size 33 KB
Load time 7 ms
Start 970 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
Optimization checklist
  • Preload critical fonts (priority=high)
  • Use woff2 format for all fonts
  • Set font-display to swap, optional, or fallback
  • Subset large fonts (≤100 KB each)
A
JS Bundles
9 scripts, 46 KB unused
PASS
9 scripts, 46 KB unused
Warning::
https://intensedebate.com/js/idm-combined.js?v=2: 46 KB unused (83%)
Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
Warning::
https://intensedebate.com/js/idm-combined.js?v=2: unminified — 18 KB could be saved
Info::
Total unused JavaScript: 46 KB
46 KB unused JavaScript

Downloaded but never executed on this page.

ScriptSizeUnusedMinifiedParty
https://intensedebate.com/js/idm-combined.js?v=255 KB46 KB (83%)✗1st
https://wordpress.com/remote-login.php?action=js&id=5116184&host=intensedebate.com&back=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intensedebate.com%2F0 KB—✓3rd
https://intensedebate.com/wpfiles/jquery.js?ver=1.2.316 KB—✓1st
https://intensedebate.com/js/footer-ccpa.js3 KB—✓1st
https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/js/bilmur.min.js?i=8&m=2026176 KB—✓3rd
https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c-analytics/a8c-analytics.js?v=202512182 KB—✓3rd
https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c-analytics/965.a8c-analytics.js7 KB—✓3rd
https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c-analytics/235.a8c-analytics.js7 KB—✓3rd
https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c-analytics/126.a8c-analytics.js4 KB—✓3rd

Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.

Why this matters

This bundle has high unused code — code-split or tree-shake to ship only what executes.

Source: web.dev / Lighthouse coverage

A+
Resource Caching
All resources properly cached
PASS
All resources properly cached
Info::
No caching issues found
All static resources have appropriate caching headers.
A+
Critical Rendering Path
No render-blocking resources
PASS
No render-blocking resources
Info::
No render-blocking resources detected
A+
Resource Hints
No optimization needed
PASS
No optimization needed
Info::
No resource hint issues
A+
Page Weight Inventory
19 resources · 258 KB · 46 KB savings available
PASS
19 resources · 258 KB · 46 KB savings available
Info::
Within 1MB page-weight target
Got: 258 KB
Info::
9 third-party resources (23% of weight)
19 resources · 257.9 KiB · 9 third-party Within 1MB page-weight target
JavaScript 39% · 99.6 KiB
Image 38% · 99.3 KiB
Font 13% · 33.2 KiB
CSS 8% · 21.5 KiB
Document 1% · 3.8 KiB
Other 0% · 520 B

~45.5 KiB of savings available

Remove unused JavaScript: 45.5 KiB
Network Waterfall
19 requests over 1476ms
INFO
0 ms 500 ms 1.0 s 1.5 s FCP 719 ms LCP 755 mshttps://intensedebate.com// https://intensedebate.com/ — 200 — 3.8 KiB — 468 ms — h2https://intensedebate.com/css/sys.css?v=107/css/sys.css?v=107 https://intensedebate.com/css/sys.css?v=107 — 200 — 19.6 KiB — 464 ms — h2https://intensedebate.com/css/splash.css?v=107/css/splash.css?v=107 https://intensedebate.com/css/splash.css?v=107 — 200 — 1.2 KiB — 161 ms — h2https://s1.wp.com/i/fonts/recoleta/css/400.min.css?v=107s1.wp.com/i/fonts/recoleta/css/400.... https://s1.wp.com/i/fonts/recoleta/css/400.min.css?v=107 — 200 — 761 B — 11 ms — h2https://wordpress.com/remote-login.php?action=js&id=5116184&host=intensedebate.com&back=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intensedebate.com%2Fwordpress.com/remote-login.php?acti... https://wordpress.com/remote-login.php?action=js&id=5116184&host=intensedebate.com&back=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intensedebate.com%2F — 200 — 252 B — 188 ms — h2https://intensedebate.com/images/svg/intensedebate-logo.svg/images/svg/intensedebate-logo.svg https://intensedebate.com/images/svg/intensedebate-logo.svg — 200 — 3.5 KiB — 158 ms — h2https://intensedebate.com/images/screenshots/intensedebate-screenshot.jpg/images/screenshots/intensedebate-s... https://intensedebate.com/images/screenshots/intensedebate-screenshot.jpg — 200 — 93.9 KiB — 528 ms — h2https://intensedebate.com/images/svg/automattic-logo.svg/images/svg/automattic-logo.svg https://intensedebate.com/images/svg/automattic-logo.svg — 200 — 862 B — 157 ms — h3https://intensedebate.com/js/idm-combined.js?v=2/js/idm-combined.js?v=2 https://intensedebate.com/js/idm-combined.js?v=2 — 200 — 55.3 KiB — 471 ms — h3https://intensedebate.com/wpfiles/jquery.js?ver=1.2.3/wpfiles/jquery.js?ver=1.2.3 https://intensedebate.com/wpfiles/jquery.js?ver=1.2.3 — 200 — 16.4 KiB — 325 ms — h3https://intensedebate.com/js/footer-ccpa.js/js/footer-ccpa.js https://intensedebate.com/js/footer-ccpa.js — 200 — 3.0 KiB — 324 ms — h3https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/js/bilmur.min.js?i=8&m=202617s0.wp.com/wp-content/js/bilmur.min.... https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/js/bilmur.min.js?i=8&m=202617 — 200 — 5.5 KiB — 3 ms — h2https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c-analytics/a8c-analytics.js?v=20251218s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c... https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c-analytics/a8c-analytics.js?v=20251218 — 200 — 2.0 KiB — 7 ms — h2https://s1.wp.com/i/fonts/recoleta/400.woff2s1.wp.com/i/fonts/recoleta/400.woff... https://s1.wp.com/i/fonts/recoleta/400.woff2 — 200 — 33.2 KiB — 7 ms — h3https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c-analytics/965.a8c-analytics.jss0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c... https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c-analytics/965.a8c-analytics.js — 200 — 6.5 KiB — 3 ms — h2https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c-analytics/235.a8c-analytics.jss0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c... https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c-analytics/235.a8c-analytics.js — 200 — 6.6 KiB — 3 ms — h3https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c-analytics/126.a8c-analytics.jss0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c... https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/a8c-analytics/126.a8c-analytics.js — 200 — 4.1 KiB — 3 ms — h3https://public-api.wordpress.com/geo/?_=1776810862755public-api.wordpress.com/geo/?_=177... https://public-api.wordpress.com/geo/?_=1776810862755 — 200 — 520 B — 129 ms — h2https://intensedebate.com/images/svg/intensedebate-logo-compact.svg/images/svg/intensedebate-logo-comp... https://intensedebate.com/images/svg/intensedebate-logo-compact.svg — 200 — 1.0 KiB — 157 ms — h3
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